9 Best Free Django resources Beginners

Free Django resources is our humble attempt to provide the best and the most beneficial resources for beginner to start using Django, Python Framework for web Development.

Django is one the most used Python framework for web Applications. This framework is based on model View Template architecture (MVT) .

The model defines here as Database, View and how your finished product will look like and Template will help you to reduce your code exponentially.

Basic requirement before starting Django

Django is used to generate web-applications and you all are very well aware that web applications can not be generated without these three basic components

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

All the three are required to generate a moderate Django application. Besides three if you have some extra knowledge of responsive design , CSS boilerplate and JavaScript libraries like jQuery, React or Angular that would give you an extra advantage.

Here are 5 Best Free Django resources for absolute Beginners

1. Django Documentation

This is the official resource for new Django Framework. Here you will learn how you can install and run your first Django application in few minutes. The basic information is provided through a voting app.

Here you will learn how to install Django, connect with different types of Database, URL redirection and much more.

Since you are absolute beginners, This is highly recommended to go through this course before starting anything else.

This documentation does not help us to customize admin panel of your app or how to customize your front end.

2. The new Boston YouTube Channel

Though this is little bit outdated but still have a lots of meat for the beginners. I learn all my basic Django skills from this YouTube channel.

Videos are slow and information is divided into many videos but still worth to watch them. Bucky Robert have not touched the advanced topic in this video series but had give us some very valuable information on Django.

Again the video series does not defines how to customize Admin Panel or How to tackle Emails or users Data.

3 TutorialsPoint

If you love to read text for learning then, I think this is one of best Free Django resource available on the net. The source start from the introduction of Django to setup your own server, Sending Emails, URL mapping, Templating System to Handling Cookies to RSS and Ajax.

You will get a complete view of a Django project in a single place. Unlike Django official documentation, here you will get some hand on that you can run in your own environment.

Link : https://www.tutorialspoint.com/django/

4. Django Girls Tutorial

I personally checked this Django Tutorial, believe me this is not only helpful for the beginners but also very helpful, Who wanna be a professional Django Developer.

You can learn Django using Text , Video or download the whole material from GITBOOK. Few things that is not available in the Text version is like GIT an GITHUB.

The basic idea remains same but few things have been deprecated since this tutorial was first written, So you are advised to check official Django website for any changes.

5. Simple is better than complex

A the name suggest that they have the simplest solution for almost every problem and they are little bit true. Some of the Django’s problem that was not properly addressed in other websites were taken up here in a very lucid manner.

Though the whole website is designed to make you master of Django but they will defiantly help you to start your Django journey.

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